Lot 274
  • 274

Chuck Close

Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 USD
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Description

  • Chuck Close
  • Leslie / Pastel
  • signed, titled and dated 1985
  • pastel on watercolor-washed pulp paper
  • 42 by 32 in. 106.7 by 81.3 cm.

Provenance

The Pace Gallery, New York
Edward J. Minskoff, New York

Literature

Louis K. Meisel, Photorealism Since 1980, pl. no. 322, p. 114, illustrated in color
Lisa Lyons and Robert Storr, Chuck Close, New York, 1987, p. 137, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There are artist's push-pin holes in the top corners. Otherwise, there are no apparent condition problems with this work. Not examined out of the frame. Floating under glass in blond wood.
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